National Legal Services Authority
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The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free Legal Services to the weaker sections of the society and to organize Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of disputes.
PATRON-IN-CHIEF
Hon'ble Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Chief Justice of India & Patron-in-Chief,
National Legal Services Authority, New Delhi
- Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 13 May 2016.
- Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court from 31 October 2013 until appointment to the Supreme Court.
- Judge of the Bombay High Court from 29 March 2000 until appointment as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. Director of Maharashtra Judicial Academy.
- Additional Solicitor General of India from 1998 until appointment as a Judge.
- Designated as Senior Advocate by the Bombay High Court in June 1998.
- Practised law at the Supreme Court of India and the Bombay High Court.
- Visiting Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Mumbai. Visiting Professor at Oklahoma University School of Law, USA.
- Delivered lectures at the Australian National University, Harvard Law School, Yale Law School and the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Speaker at conferences organised by bodies of the United Nations including United Nations High Commission on Human Rights, International Labour Organisation and United Nations Environmental Program, the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
- Obtained LLM degree and a Doctorate in Juridical Sciences (SJD) from Harvard Law School, USA.
- BA with Honours in Economics from St Stephen's College, New Delhi. LLB from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University.
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
His Lordship obtained his LL.B. Degree from The Campus Law Centre, Delhi University in 1982 and enrolled as an Advocate with Bar Council of Delhi on July 15, 1982. His Lordship practiced mainly in the Commercial, Civil, Writ, Original and Company jurisdictions of the High Court of Delhi and the Supreme Court of India.
The cases also involved appearances before MRTP Commission, Company Law Board, Debt Recovery Tribunal and Arbitrators apart from the other nature of litigation including Constitutional, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Customs and Excise, MRTP, Real Estate, Administrative, Co-operative, Commercial, Service, Telecommunication, Anti- Dumping Laws, etc.
His Lordship remained Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India from 1987 to 1999 and was designated as a Senior Advocate in December, 1999. His Lordship was appointed Senior Counsel for the Delhi High Court and for the Delhi University, was on the Senior panel of Union of India and served as the Additional Senior Standing Counsel for the DDA.
His Lordship was elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court of Delhi on May 03, 2001 and was appointed as a permanent Judge on May 02, 2003.
His Lordship was elevated as the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court w.e.f. 23.09.2012 to 25.09.2012.
His Lordship was elevated as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court w.e.f. 01.06.2013.
His Lordship assumed charge as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court on 26.07.2014.
His Lordship was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 17.02.2017.
His Lordship is deeply interested in theatre, music and golf.
Last modified date : 05/06/2023
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